Powerful words why audio could be the next big thing for kids in the digital age. A very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be a part of the conversation as spotify and other big names in podcasts try to win over kids and get them listening will it work, or is the screen too hard to beat . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. A climate study endorsed by 11,000 scientists warns that therell be untold human suffering without deep and lasting action. The report, based on a0 years of research, says the world is in the midst of an accelerating Climate Emergency. And the researchers say they have a moral obligation to warn of the scale of the threat. Gareth barlow has the story. Wildfires in the United States, floods in somalia, droughts in the andes, typhoons in asia. Symptoms and signs of a changing climate, a Climate Emergency, according to 11,000 scientists. They have backed a report b
One of africas longest running conflicts hundreds of people have drowned over the last few years in a popular but Dangerous River in pakistans swat valley one man has taken it upon himself to provide a rescue service and is credited with saving many lives the government is under pressure now to start a full time Emergency Service as a summer binge of aid reports from northern pakistan. Its one of the most popular Tourist Spots in pakistan. Thousands visit the swat river every year that visitors often misjudge the depth of the rapidly moving water and children swim in the current oblivious of the dangers. Hundreds of people have drowned over the years because there are no lifeguards and only one river rescue service. Is the man to call when someone falls in or gets swept away but 1st he has to weave through traffic. The glacial melt during summer months is so strong it even sweeps of a big old illegal sand mining has left deep ditches in the riverbed and acts like quicksand if someone g
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A shot. In iran hundreds of thousands rallied to mark the Islamic Revolution thirty nine years ago. A warm welcome at the winter games north koreas delegation talks politics with south koreas Prime Minister install the teenager taking over the slopes of the Winter Olympics seventeen year old greg gerard becoming the youngest snowboarder to whatever they call. Israel says that its responded to the downing of one of its warplanes by Syrian Government forces with its most significant attack on syria in decades israeli airstrikes reportedly hit the calcutta air force the outskirts of us away in southern syria and a weapons step only at about the capital damascus Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting his cabinet with developments in syria expected to take center stage at the weekly gathering russias present. Vladimir putin has cautioned netanyahu to avoid any steps that could further escalate tensions for more on russias reaction were chalons is live for us in moscow but first lets b
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